Forbes Reveals 2015 Tech Billionaires!

William Henry "Bill" Gates: 

American business magnate, philanthropist, investor, computer programmer, and inventor. Gates co-founded Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company, with Paul Allen in 1975. 

Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison: 

American programmer, internet entrepreneur, businessman and philanthropist. He was the chief executive officer of the software company Oracle Corporation between its foundation in 1977 and 2014

Jeffrey Preston "Jeff" Bezos: 

American business magnate and investor. He is a technology entrepreneur who has played a key role in the growth of e-commerce as the founder and CEO of Amazon.com.

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg: 

American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. Best known as one of five co-founders of the social networking website Facebook. He is the chairman and chief executive of Facebook, Inc.

Lawrence "Larry" Page:

American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who cofounded Google Inc. with Sergey Brin, and is the corporation's current CEO. Page is the inventor of PageRank, Google's best-known search ranking algorithm. 

Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin: 

American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who, together with Larry Page, co-founded Google, one of the world's most profitable Internet companies. 

Jack Ma or Ma Yun: 

Chinese business magnate and philanthropist. He is the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, a family of highly successful Internet-based businesses. 

Steven Anthony "Steve" Ballmer: 

American businessman who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft from January 2000 to February 2014, and is the current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. 

Laurene Powell Jobs: 

American business executive and the founder of Emerson Collective, which advocates for policies concerning education and immigration reform, social justice, and environmental conservation

Michael Saul Dell: 

American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. He is the founder and CEO of Dell Inc., one of the world’s leading sellers of personal computers.

Azim Hashim Premji: 

Indian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist, who is the chairman of Wipro Limited, informally known as the Czar of the Indian IT Industry

Paul Gardner Allen: 

American philanthropist, investor and innovator, best known as the co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates

Ma Huateng "Pony Ma": 

Chinese entrepreneur who founded Tencent Inc., one of the largest internet companies in China. Time magazine called him one of the world's most influential people in 2007 and 2014.

Robin Li or Li Yanhong: 

Chinese Internet entrepreneur. He co-founded the Chinese search engine Baidu and is ranked as the second richest man in mainland China with a net worth of US$12.231 billion as of December 2013.

Shiv Nadar: 

Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He is the founder and chairman of HCL and the Shiv Nadar Foundation. His personal wealth is estimated at $11.1 billiona as of 2014. 

Lei Jun: 

Chinese businessman who is known for founding Xiaomi Inc, one of China's largest technology companies. 

Hasso Plattner: 

German billionaire businessman. A co-founder of SAP AG software company, Since May 2003, he has served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SAP AG.

Eric Emerson Schmidt: 

American software engineer, businessman, as well as the executive chairman of Google. Forbes ranked Schmidt as the 138th-richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $8.3 billion in 2013.


Hiroshi Mikitani:



Japanese mogul, the co-founder and CEO of Rakuten. 

Klaus Tschira: 

German entrepreneur.

Kim Kardashian West Debuts Shorter Hair!

Reality show super star, and socialite Kim Kardashian West, in a picture she shared on her Instagram page August 3rd, debuts her shorter hair.

See Picture below:

Nigeria Cleared To Export Shrimps To The United States!

Mr Jack Forrester, the Fisheries Gear Specialist of the US Department of Commerce,  disclosed  Tuesday, 4th of August,  that Nigeria has  been re-certified to export shrimps to the United States of America and commended for maintaining international best practices in shrimps production.

This was made known by the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Information, during the United States Turtle Excluder Device (TED) inspection team’s visit to re-certify Nigeria’s export rights.

I Owe No One - Abike Dabiri Responds To Punch's Publication on N143.81bn Bank Debtors!

Following a publication on Punch Newspaper, Tuesday, August 4, 2015, which revealed names of prominent individuals, whose company owe Nigerian Deposit Money Banks huge sum of money, tagged "Some Directors of Debtor Firms"; House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri, on Teusday August 4, expressed shock on her twitter page, over seeing her name associated with 'Thriller Endeavors', a company which owes N122m. 

The Twits below:

"Shocked to see my pic in Punch .Said to owe 100m linked to some co.I OWE no one, not even myself ?Haba!Punch".

"Must be mistaken identity.Also writing Diamond bank and CBN to set the records straight .Definitely NOT ME.!!"
"Never even heard the name of the co! Will get to the bottom of this!"
"As to detractors, you can't get me Will remain my calm, honest self ,Shame on you".

Exert from the publication: 

"Diamond Bank Plc has N47.17bn as its total NPLs, with companies belonging to prominent Nigerians owing sizeable amounts.

These include Sir Emeka Offor’s Global ScanSystem Limited, which the bank says owes N181m; a former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa’s Thriller Eneavours, which owes N122m; and a former Delta State Commissioner for Sports Solomon Ogba’s Delta Mega Trend Limited, which owes N89m".

Multiple Accident Along Ikorodu Road!

There was a multiple accident in the early hours of Tuesday, 4th of August, when a trailer, loaded with petrol lost control, and ran into a car, consequently resulting in a multiple accident, around Obanikoro bus stop, on Ikorodu road, Lagos. 

There is no official reports on numbers of casualties at the time of filling this report.

Akon Reveals Project To Light-Up Africa!

Africa's R & B and hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer and  businessman, Akon, met with young entrepreneurs from the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Friday, July 31, 2015, in Lagos - Nigeria.

In his speech at the event which took place at the UBA House, Marina, the music Icon told the entrepreneurs what informed his "Akon Lighting Africa" project,  as he took all on his journey to success. 

From a humble back ground during his growing up years in Senegal, and later the United States of America, from prison, into the music industry, and as an entrepreneur. 

"Akon Lighting Africa" is a project set up by Akon and his partners  Samba Bathily and Thione Niang, to bring electricity to millions of house holds especially in the rural areas, across Africa. 

Below are some inspiring quotes extracted from his speech:

"My success was built on accepting the fact that I am African"

"Success is the only place left for you to go"

"We are our biggest capital here (Africa)"

"Why are we waiting to seek aids from somewhere else, when we are the ones doing the aiding"

"We should be more intelligent enough to know that our history shouldn't define our future"

"Ultimately, if we are not united as a people, we can never move forward"

Our faith is one of the strongest elements in our systems"

"If I don't do anything, I want to be able to produce basic electricity to the rural parts of Africa". 

"Our minds together is unbeatable" - Akon

Photo credit: Tony Elumelu Foundation

Fraud Alert- Dodgy Job Alert Mails On The Rampage!

Readers beware, this 'dodgy' "Job Alert" email was sent to a blog reader.
At the moment, we do not know how authentic this is, but with the 'mouth watering' offer attached to it, it sure bears the 'scammers signature'.


The mail below:

"Dear Applicant!

Please be advised that Global Trust LLC, one of the leading logistics experts, is currently seeking for an organized
and energetic person to join its growing team as a Distribution Manager. We have found your resume on Career Builder
site and announce that there are no particular requirements for applicants with the exception of their dedication,
enthusiasm and desire to work hard and develop their skills.

Vacancy Details:

Job Title: Distribution Manager
Location: USA, all states

Salary:
US $1725/month + bonuses (paid by the end of the first month)
US $2590 /month + bonuses (paid biweekly after the first month)

Benefits: Flexible hours, paid sick & vacation leaves (after 6 months)

Responsibilities:

O  Tracking and receiving company’s merchandise delivered during business hours;
O  Visual inspection of  items and preparing them for the re-shipment to its designated team members or customers;
O  Shipping packages via an appropriate courier service as instructed by the supervisor within 12 hours of its delivery to claim the bonus;
O  Ensuring excellent communication channel with company’s representatives via phone, emails and control panel/virtual workplace.

Employment training will be provided.

HOW TO ACCEPT THIS OFFER?

In order to accept our offer, you are requested to RESPOND to this email with accurate and complete PERSONAL INFORMATION (below), which is SECURELY maintained and kept strictly CONFIDENTIAL. This information helps our HR Department to contact you in a timely manner for a PHONE INTERVIEW (within 1-3 working days) and answer your questions, if any.

1) First Name:*
2) Last Name:*
3) Address:*
4) City:*
5) State:*
6) Zip:*
7) Phone:*
8) Cell:*

On the successful completion of the phone interview, we will prepare a CONTRACT for you with further
job instructions and give you an access to your control panel/virtual workplace.

We look forward to hearing from you soon with the above-mentioned requested information to take this
job opportunity to the next level.

If you are interested in this position please give a email back.
You could reply to Wyatt@hr-globaltrust.org

Sincerely yours,

HR Manager
Global Trust".


In as much as the adverse economy is affecting especially the youth, let's try not to fall prey to this.....

To be fore-warned, is to be fore-armed!